19th Century Wars

The Peninsular War occurred between 1807 and 1814 and was fought between Napoleon Bonaparte's Empire, Portugal, Spain and Great Britain.

Napoleon later returned to fight an allied army of United Kingdom troops and German Legion, Netherlands, Hanover, Brunswick, Nassau and a large Prussian army culminating in the Battle of Waterloo which finally crushed Napoleon on 18th June 1815.

The Crimean War occurred between October 1853 to March 1856 and was fought between Russia and an alliance of France, Great Britain, the Ottoman Empire and Sardinia.

The First Boer War was fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881 between the United Kingdom and the South African Republic.

The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902. The United Kingdom, its Cape Colony, Colony of Natal with significant Afrikaner support and native African allies fought the South African Republic (Republic of Transvaal) and the Orange Free State.

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About our Project

Why 'Men' of Worth?
When we started researching in 2003, we found only names of men on local memorials and as we felt their sacrifice had 'worth' and most of them lived around the river Worth we felt the name was apt. Also, Keighley's motto is By Worth, which fits rather neatly with our name. We have since expanded our remit to include everyone from Keighley and the Worth Valley who served in wartime.
Our Project researches local people from Keighley and the Worth Valley who served the country in wartime. Our earliest records are of soldiers who fought before the Battle of Waterloo!
We follow all available sources of information and use the information in these sources to create a biography about each person for our archive.

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